清水六中第一学期期中高三英语试卷.pdfVIP

清水六中第一学期期中高三英 语试卷 - 2 - - 3 - People ’firsts names, or given names, are chosen by their parents. Sometimes the name of a grandparent or other member of the family is used. Some parents choose the name of a well-known person. A boy could be named George Washington Smith; a girl could be named Helen Keller Jones. Some people give their children names that mean good things. Clara means “bright ” ; Beatrice means “onewho gives happiness ” ; Donald means “worldruler ”Leonard; means “as brave as a lion ”. The earliest last names, or surnames, were taken from place names. A family with the name Brook or Brooks probably lived near brook(小 溪 ) ； someone who was called Longstreet probably lived on a long, paved road. The Greenwood family lived in or near a leafy forest. Other early surnames came from people ’s occupations. The most common occupational name is Smith, which means a person who makes things with iron or other metals. In the - 4 - past, smiths were very important workers in every town and village. Some other occupational names are: Carter — a person who owned or drove a cart; Potter — a person who made pots and pans. The ancestorsof the Baker family probably baked bread for their neighbors in their native village. The Carpenter ’s great-great-great-grandfather probably built